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Re: New York vs Chicago Pizza

Bloomington pizza - first Noble Romans, then Lennie's are both better than anything from NY or Chicago.

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Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
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Re: New York vs Chicago Pizza

I had Union Jack's for the first time in about 15 years - Man was I disappointed - not sure if my memories of the pizza were better than the reality, or if there are just a lot better pizza places around now. But it wasn't good at all. For Chicago Style I like Nancy's a lot more.

What happened to Union Jacks - felt I was eating a huge dried out doughy tire. it was not good

Re: New York vs Chicago Pizza

I had Union Jack's for the first time in about 15 years - Man was I disappointed - not sure if my memories of the pizza were better than the reality, or if there are just a lot better pizza places around now. But it wasn't good at all. For Chicago Style I like Nancy's a lot more.

What happened to Union Jacks - felt I was eating a huge dried out doughy tire. it was not good

You must have just had bad luck. I've always thought it was some of the best pizza in Indy.

From your description of what kind of pizza you like, I'd recommend either Pizzaology in Carmel, if you are close to the North Side, or Bazbeaux in both Broad Ripple and Carmel.

Re: New York vs Chicago Pizza

How much pizza do you eat UB? I swear it seems like you must have it for every dinner at least.

Probably once a week. I get Bazbeaux probably 75% of the time. I'll give up a lot of different foods, but pizza is never one of them. I often tell them to go a little light on the cheese and that makes it healthy and fewer calories and I like it just as well as I think most places put too much cheese on their pizzas anyway

Re: New York vs Chicago Pizza

I think the pizza you like is almost entirely a result of what you ate growing up. I like both Chicago and NY Style pizza - maybe leaning slightly towards NY because I prefer thin.

However, I basically grew up eating the old style delivery pizza - Deb's, Villa, Jack's (not the same Jack's as at the Forum party, the old Jack's Northside). I'm talkin' pre-fab crusts, crumbly sausage, sliced instead of shredded cheese, cross-cut instead of pie cut (unless it's a small). (They deliver 'em cardboard boxes, but if I could find somebody that still puts it on the cardboard disc, then staples a giant paper bag around it, I'd be in heaven...'specially if it comes with a six pack o' Pepsi's.)

Re: New York vs Chicago Pizza

I think the pizza you like is almost entirely a result of what you ate growing up. I like both Chicago and NY Style pizza - maybe leaning slightly towards NY because I prefer thin.

However, I basically grew up eating the old style delivery pizza - Deb's, Villa, Jack's (not the same Jack's as at the Forum party, the old Jack's Northside). I'm talkin' pre-fab crusts, crumbly sausage, sliced instead of shredded cheese, cross-cut instead of pie cut (unless it's a small). (They deliver 'em cardboard boxes, but if I could find somebody that still puts it on the cardboard disc, then staples a giant paper bag around it, I'd be in heaven...'specially if it comes with a six pack o' Pepsi's.)

In Fishers, it's Firehouse these days.

Dude, go get Monical's Pizza.

They still do pizza on cardboard disc and then stick it in a paper bag for some of their pizzas. You can't get a six pack of pepsi's, but you can get a two liter.

Re: New York vs Chicago Pizza

Obviously growing up in central Indiana you get to know Pizza King or Arni's (same thing) which is not bad but honestly not that special either.

I know it is pathetic but to this day Jack's pizza is one of my favorites to have. Don't ask me why I just love the sauce and overabundance of oregano.

However thanks to my trip to California this summer (my first ever) I can now officially claim that the greatest pizza I have ever eaten in my life was in a little town called Truckee California. I would kill to have the Hawaiian pizza from there again. Shaved macadamia nuts and everything on there with slices, not bits, of pineapple.

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